The Penn's Grove record., 1887-11-26
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The forest fires ontinue In the
country arotnd Men his. Many gin
houses have been bn Jed In tie dis
trjcts of Mississippi AZ Arkansas, bsr-
dering on the river. Several trestles
on the Kansas City Railroad have also
been destroyed, and accumulation
with the st. Louis now made via
Forest City, Arkar1 Us. Steamers
have ceased to run ~ the river r
night, owing to a de, smoke, whfSol
prevails from Vicksb, 1 to u distance
of about 600 miles ward. A wind
storm ~prevailede 18th, which, II
IS feared, must caused the des-
truction Of many Nv sngs Of planters,
especially in Arkansa put Gays must
elapse before anything can be learned.
Prayers for rain were sffered in nearly
all the churches Of Faemphis on the
Goth. Ia
"A despatch from s pour, Indiana,
says the forests IN the estern part Of
| Jackson county took Fire again on the
18th and are still burning. The people
are powerless on account of continuous
nigh winds and nj WAGER.
The FIRE which destroyed the main
building of the winterAquarters of Bar
mum and Bailey's erred !, In Bridgeport.
Connecticut, on the evening of the
10Th, also burned fol elephants, five
lions, eve leopards. %panthers, four
kangaroOs, six horsesl I'd a large nun
| Der of smaller aHlui3Is. The sacred
white elephant was one of those burned.
Mr.. Bailey said that $lOO, 900 would
probably cover the loss. The insurance
amounts to $4,000. Mr.. Barnum.
| who was interviewed In New York on
he 2lst, estimates the loss at from
s700, 100 to $850,000, and the insurance
1T less than 100000. probably SG5, QUO.
james H. Ellison was, on the 2lst,
indicted by the Z. s. Grand Jury in
Charleston, West Virginia, for travel
ing through that state and defraudlng
pensioners by f~raudulently representing
himself to be q pension officer. Two OF
his friends, Henry Hargess and James
Lyons, were arrested Tor threatening
to kill witnesses II they testified against
Ellison.
Two freight trains collided on the
Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Rail.
road, neal VienE-, Illinois, on the
afternoon Of the 2Uth. The two engines
and eight cars were smashed. Dan III
Collard and Frank Barton, the eng
neers. Richard Walker, a brakeman,
and a fireman named Shaffer were
killed.
Jacob Schwab, a vel known i'm.
porter OF laces In New York, was
killed on the 2lst. by falling down the
elevator shaft at his warehouse. The
remains of w. d. WEIGH, a travelling
salesman for a Chicago seed house,
we're taken to Waukegan, Illinois, on
the 21st. WEIGH had gone out duck
hunting on the 18th. The snow storm
came up,and, not returning, a~searching
party was formed, and his body was
found in the boat irczen stlff, about
Two hundred yards from the shore.
Hugh 2. Dunn, a dry goods merchant
OF Augusta, Georgia, died on the 2lst
from injuries received by being thrown
from his wagon the day before.
aA-The oil well known a. .snary
No, In situated aheltso.ry Ayeris west
of Finiiay, Ohieisposed withoas me af-
ternooh Of tsperseverance' frame
o. buildings n s., in Weller. Second 1 box. Atroy-
Cd. and a %saryais, until S%tIilntInned1 thirty
thousand bari Suffice i 1 ma 'ght fire.
The well and imam. anil ~ z by Duke
q Myers, and (which lsuranee.
In Baltimt .ng of the
2lst, a coloIed b eckett set
tire to his sisters I'd she was
burned to death. was three
years old and the
August Hat2 ~ arres ed
in Chicago on tb' ~1ling hh,